Another Air cooled Beauty Ready to Terrorise The Road

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Another Air cooled Beauty Ready to Terrorise The Road

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Great little aircooled 1600 twinport motor been given a new lease on life and ready for many km's of happy driving and another happy http://Www.ecbuggysandcustoms.co.za customer Image
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Very clean work here. There are the heat-related issues with chrome tins, but I must admit it looks good when it's new.
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Thanks Stutz It's going into a buggy so heat is not as big an issue :)
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it does look neat
I like your engine stand
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It comes in handy to bench run the motors before putting the motors back in the buggy have it rigged ignition and accelerator.
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Nice work
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